AN ACT relating to relative caregivers.
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 405 to require the Cabinet for Families and Children to create the KinCare Support Program; establish services provided by the program; require the cabinet to create an affidavit establishing a relative caregiver's authority to provide consent for medical treatment of a minor; establish information contained in the medical consent affidavit; allow a parent or legal guardian to supersede a decision of a relative caregiver for medical treatment of a minor; exempt persons who rely in good faith on the medical consent affidavit from civil or criminal liability, except for negligence; establish a penalty of a Class A misdemeanor for persons who make false statements on a medical consent affidavit; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require the Department of Education to create an affidavit establishing a caregiver's authority to make school-based decisions; establish information contained in the education affidavit; allow a parent or legal guardian to supersede a school-based decision of a relative caregiver; exempt persons who rely in good faith on the school-based decision affidavit from civil or criminal liability; establish a penalty of a Class A misdemeanor for persons who make false statements on a education consent affidavit.

HCS/FN/LM - Retain original provisions except combine the medical and consent affidavits into one affidavit; delete references to "relative caregiver" throughout bill and use the term "caregiver" in lieu thereof; define "de facto custodian"; clarify the definition of "medical treatment" to include immunizations recommended by the federal Center for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; require the affidavit to include a notice that does not confer guardian or legal custodian status to the caregiver; require the affidavit to include a statement that identifies any party who has legal standing relating to the child's custody; and clarify that the education consent affidavit shall not supersede appropriate federal law and regulations.